Above 1200 Sq/FT Cleaning Up My Shop

[dchance]

Andy I think you are supposed to call it investing my kids inheritance. Looks good

Dwight

 

[sean Buick 76]

Super cool old truck!!!!

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy, great score on the Willys.

I will go along with Dwight, its an investment in your kids inheritance...

 

[BBChevro]

Nice old Willy's Andy.

 

[BUGTHUG]

You do well at finding old trucks. You have any that you have seen, that might interest me and my friends from P.R.? He is looking for 1940's to late 1960's, any flavor, but do likes the Ford, Chevy, Dodge, more better.
So who is this truck going too? family member, GJ family member? I have a birthday coming up in November? Just thinking??

 

[Grumblebum]

Man I need more Saturday's...

The little willys looks cool. With my 2 cents of commentary could you take that tub off the back and make it into a trailer. Then on the back of the jeep make a flat bed so you can get full width of the cab. Would be handy for some hay bales or something that way.

Seems you got 4 different tires and rims on it also.

Cheers GB

 

[bolensboneyard]

Nice Willys. To bad someone messed up the dash with new. Are you going to restore it?

 

[oldironfarmer]

So the Willys sits on a ford chassis . The cab with the small window puts it 53 or earlier . the front fenders are 50 or newer and the 5 bar grill is 50-55. Bill

The title says it's a '52 so I guess everything fits.

Thanks for the details.

Is that a caboose or you're just happy to buy a Willys. Cool pickup.

A friend has a barn with an air conditioned office upstairs. His solution to seal the stairs was to hinge the hatch from the narrow end. When hatch is open, it is parallel to the stairs. He uses a cable and counter weight to make lifting easier.


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I don't see no caboose! What are you looking at? Oh, yeah, I'm happy to buy a Willys pickup. It needs a bit of work but not too much. And it needs tires, wheels, a winch...

I'm thinking about hinging this from the long side. I think it will be light enough to lift as I'm going up the stairs. I'm also thinking about a fixed counterweight that only holds it open (swings with the door).

love the willeys pick up , lets see inside of the caboose

Thanks you! Inside the caboose? What caboose? Ok.

Andy I think you are supposed to call it investing my kids inheritance. Looks good

Dwight

Are you wanting to invest some of your kids' inheritance in my truck? I guess that's OK, you can just send me money.

Thanks!!

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: nice work getting your new Willys on and off your trailer and it looks right at home now. i suppose it was getting close to another Sunday and you needed to buy another truck. I guess it will sit outside or are you going to build another POLE BUILDING for it and the ROTOBIN?

i like the idea of a DRIVESITFAR casting on an all aluminum hammer. speaking of aluminum i just picked up this aluminum pipe wrench and i have a few aluminum tools now. just wondering what ANDY would do to remove the paint and shine something like this up? or do you like shiny tools?

have a great SUNDAY and hope you are ready for another week of SATURDAYS.

cheers.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Super cool old truck!!!!

Thanks!

Andy, great score on the Willys.

I will go along with Dwight, its an investment in your kids inheritance...

A hearty 1/2 thanks!!

Great idea, your check for Andrew's part can go to the same address

My son already has the '35 Years ago he told me he didn't want to mess with selling all my junk so I really don't think about outgoing inheritances.

Nice old Willy's Andy.

Thanks!

Loved you logging truck picture.

You do well at finding old trucks. You have any that you have seen, that might interest me and my friends from P.R.? He is looking for 1940's to late 1960's, any flavor, but do likes the Ford, Chevy, Dodge, more better.
So who is this truck going too? family member, GJ family member? I have a birthday coming up in November? Just thinking??

Think he'd be interested in the Ford C900? We might make a deal on it.

I was wondering when your birthday was, sorry I missed it last year, I'll try to make up for that travesty this year.

I've decided it would be a grand gesture to give a restored antique vehicle to each GJ member.

Man I need more Saturday's...

The little willys looks cool. With my 2 cents of commentary could you take that tub off the back and make it into a trailer. Then on the back of the jeep make a flat bed so you can get full width of the cab. Would be handy for some hay bales or something that way.

Seems you got 4 different tires and rims on it also.

Cheers GB

I love my Saturdays.

Thanks for the kind words. I like the box on the truck. I do have another truck for hauling bigger stuff. I'm thinking this will be good to run to town for parts and groceries. And in the winter, have some aggressive tires and a winch.

It has a variety of rolling stock. Actually the two left wheels match, and the guy gave me two more that match. He wants the alloy RF back.

I really would like to put large wheels with military lug tires on it, but will probably not do that.

Thanks for stopping in.

Nice Willys. To bad someone messed up the dash with new. Are you going to restore it?

I agree on the dash. However since they also removed the running gear there's not much sense in restoring the cab except to make it look nice and somewhat original. And, it does have nice gauges. The guy I bought it from did the chassis swap ten years ago for himself. He said the original would only go 35 mph. That's exaggerating but 55 may have been the top speed. I would rather have had the original however this setup is very practical for highway use and it is still 4x4. Short with ground clearance.

Thanks for stopping in.

This is time to honor all soldiers who served that we may have the opportunity to live as we please. That group includes my son, father and brother. And my father in law who stayed on Corregidor and survived the death march across Luzon.

It also includes a group of guys from down under who went far away to Europe to fight for others.

Thank you.

 

[jimreed2160]

As long as we are throwing out door ideas, I propose a pocket door slider. It may seem unconventional, but stay with me. Use 2x4s to build a frame that is twice the width of the opening. Build runners on the bottom using wood topped with hdpe for lubrication. Drop in a piece of 1/2 or 3/4 plywood that covers the opening. Put a sheet or two of 3/4 ply on the shelf side of the opening to close the pocket.

Slide the plywood "door" into the pocket when you go up the stairs. The hdpe should help it slide. Now the door is out of the way and you can stack stuff on top of it. When wintertime comes, slide the "door" out of its pocket and button up.

As a safety measure, I would paint red on the top side, just in case. You just never know what will happen in AndyLand.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy: nice work getting your new Willys on and off your trailer and it looks right at home now. i suppose it was getting close to another Sunday and you needed to buy another truck. I guess it will sit outside or are you going to build another POLE BUILDING for it and the ROTOBIN?

i like the idea of a DRIVESITFAR casting on an all aluminum hammer. speaking of aluminum i just picked up this aluminum pipe wrench and i have a few aluminum tools now. just wondering what ANDY would do to remove the paint and shine something like this up? or do you like shiny tools?

have a great SUNDAY and hope you are ready for another week of SATURDAYS.

cheers.

A week without buying an antique vehicle is not much of a week, now is it?

Guess it will have to sit outside. Rotobins are just too expensive.

If I had that nice aluminum pipe wrench and I didn't want the paint on it (company colors, I'm sure) I would use a chemical paint remover. About anything else would scratch or scar the surface. It may be shiny enough after paint removal.

As long as we are throwing out door ideas, I propose a pocket door slider. It may seem unconventional, but stay with me. Use 2x4s to build a frame that is twice the width of the opening. Build runners on the bottom using wood topped with hdpe for lubrication. Drop in a piece of 1/2 or 3/4 plywood that covers the opening. Put a sheet or two of 3/4 ply on the shelf side of the opening to close the pocket.

Slide the plywood "door" into the pocket when you go up the stairs. The hdpe should help it slide. Now the door is out of the way and you can stack stuff on top of it. When wintertime comes, slide the "door" out of its pocket and button up.

As a safety measure, I would paint red on the top side, just in case. You just never know what will happen in AndyLand.

Horizontal pocket door is a nice idea! I'll have to consider that. Right now the plywood is just laid over the opening.

Thanks for the visits, guys! And the comments and ideas!!

 

[oldironfarmer]

love the willeys pick up , lets see inside of the caboose

You asked for it, here it comes!

But we'll start outside. The caboose was fitted with a ground driven generator. Long belts with a long spring loaded arm run on a drum on the axle. The spring loaded arm takes up the slack when the axle turns.

On one platform there is an air whistle.

The north side of the caboose still has pretty good paint. If I hadn't been so lazy I surely would have had it repainted by now.

Built 9/48, and reconditioned 10/77. Paint on the side says "Destroyed 1207", I got it long before 2007 so I don't think that's a date.

It's a year older than me, same age as my COE Chevy.

Unlike most boxcars or tankers you might buy from the railroad, the caboose came with trucks and it's complete air brake system.

I missed a real bet. AT&SF inspected it for me and told me it was roadworthy. They would haul it to the Terlton siding if I liked, at no charge! However UP wanted a $300 interline charge in Ponca City (car was in Stillwater, OK). Had I been thinking clearly, I would have rented space on the Terlton siding and outfitted the caboose as a private car with water, propane, and a generator. Then shipping it from Denver to Spokane, for example, would have been a great trip for railroad enthusiasts. I think it would have been a lucrative side business. It is hard to get a railroad to make changes, but transport of private cars is nothing new, and well ingrained in railroad policy. Opportunity lost.

Westinghouse air brake controller.

Here's a genuine hot box, complete with mud dauber nests, by the way.

I promise we'll go inside next.

 

[jimreed2160]

What a great idea! Your caboose could be a rolling Airbnb. It would stay booked all the time. Even as a rented room in the quiet flats of OK, it would probably book good business. These millennials are looking for experiences.

1. Sweep Andy's floor while he makes a broom.
2. Feed real live cows--droppings on your shoes come at no extra charge.
3. Remove rust from real tractors. U pick.
4. Organize and clean a real workshop.
5. Learn how to remove nails from reclaimed wood and stack same.
6. Learn and watch general foundry work.
7. Use a vintage scythe to cut weeds.
8. Paint a barn using low VOC paint.
9. Learn how to band calves. Note--males should not squat near the chute during this process.

The experiences are endless as you join in on an actual working farm. Prices are negotiable.

 

[power wagon]

wow what great caboose pics, cant wait to see the insides, I don't have one but love to get one, I do have some stuff that was in a caboose , love train stuff, hell I love all stuff, thanks for posting

 

[oldironfarmer]

Jim: If I wasn't so lazy I would pursue some of your ideas. Great thinking!!

We have Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, lots of old time crafts. I sometimes call my place Copper Penny Village.

 

[oldironfarmer]

wow what great caboose pics, cant wait to see the insides, I don't have one but love to get one, I do have some stuff that was in a caboose , love train stuff, hell I love all stuff, thanks for posting

Thank you! I got stuff...

Well, here goes:

Just inside the door is a diesel tank for the fuel oil heater in the caboose. On top are a few AT&SF tools I collected. Haven't looked for more in years.

On the other side are two seats. I used to store feed in the caboose, and there are some cow related stuff still there.

View down the hallway. Gravity water tank on the right, ice box (not refrigerator) and the walls are around an air flush toilet. Stove is on the left.

Immediately to the left is a coat closet and desk with three drawers.

Here's the generator with the belts coming up from below. It's in a lidded box

Desk on the left, stove, generator box on the right. I'm afraid I didn't clean this week.

Stove nameplate

Storage racks under the cupola seats

Cupola seats, steps on the wall and storage behind the doors below

View forward on the starboard side

This is my reading room.

View aft

The stack is chimney in the blacksmith shop.

Time to climb down

A light over what must have been a fold down desk

Spare seat on the desk. That's a very old passenger car seat where the back flips side to side to reverse the seat.

And on the way out, here's the forward coupler. It was made in 67, the year I finally got out of high school.

And, lastly, here's a view of the stove stack, generator access is on the left.

Thanks for taking the tour. No charge for the first tour

We had thought of making the caboose a guest house. It would make a great hobby room. I envision 18" shelves all around the interior on two level with model railroad layout on the shelves. Or a card room, play Johnny Cash records while a hydraulic cylinder gently rocks the car and a hanging piece of steel gently slaps the frame. But all of that would ruin the character of the old way car, as the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe called them.

Had a guy stop in one day, asked if that was my way car.

"Huh?" "Caboose!" "Oh, yeah, obviously it's mine." "Well Santa Fe calls them way cars, and I used to work on it." "Oh yeah, neat, one just like it?" "It's 999620 isn't it?" "Well, yes, that's the serial number." "I used to ride on this one, it has a yellow cupola instead of red, meaning it was a spur line car, and I rode it from Dodge City to Colorado and New Mexico and back." "How did you find it?" "Santa Fe archives in Topeka keep track of all rolling stock and it is listed as a lake house on Lake Keystone, at Terlton, OK. I went to Terlton and asked if anyone had a caboose and they sent me here."

Nice guy, lived in Nebraska then (BNSF) and had a chance to come by. He later sent me a folder with old pictures of 999620 in operation and in the news. Also sent me a door key. They are in our Santa Fe area of the house.

Cool!!

Very cool

 

[realvc]

Very nice Willys or is it a Willord or a Fillys or a Wilford? I like Wilford and pronounce it Wil ferd.

The caboose it cool too and what a great story about the guy that rode and work on it.

I was telling my wife about how you tell people to come check out your wife's big caboose and she thought that was just wrong.

Happy Saturdays starting in the morning.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Very nice Willys or is it a Willord or a Fillys or a Wilford? I like Wilford and pronounce it Wil ferd.

The caboose it cool too and what a great story about the guy that rode and work on it.

I was telling my wife about how you tell people to come check out your wife's big caboose and she thought that was just wrong.

Happy Saturdays starting in the morning.

Maybe it's a Willys-150? I like the tailgate, still has the Willys-Overland emblem.

And a nice custom bumper, front too.

I'm thinking for me, Frillys might be the best. I'm not much of a man with an unrestored caboose.

Your wife and I would probably have words, and it would not be good for me. I've been told I have missed many opportunities to keep my mouth shut. What exactly does that mean?

I do ad-hoc marriage counseling. After we're in a group, when we leave, each wife turns to her husband and says "well, you're not so bad"

Nope, tomorrow is a holiday so I get shop time all day!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

[Craptain]

That's really cool that the guy who worked on your "way car" came by.
I would want to restore it but what practical use would it be. Actually it is big enough for me to live in and it would make a cool home. If you ever finish some of your other projects it could at least use a little love.

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[1/2 Cup]

Andy, thank you for sharing you Caboose with us. I just can not get over it's patina.

Unreal..

 

[ajohno]

Nice photos of the Caboose Andy.

 

[dlcwent]

Hi Andy.( Just Andy???) I'm tired this morning.

Your wife does have a big caboose. She should be very proud of it. I wish my wife had a caboose like that. I would enjoy climbing all over it. And to think she doesn't even mind you taking pictures of it and sharing them with us. She must be a real cool lady.

And I'm sure that other wives do have a deeper appreciation for their spouses after a session with you.

Okay, I'm leaving

 

[oldironfarmer]

That's really cool that the guy who worked on your "way car" came by.
I would want to restore it but what practical use would it be. Actually it is big enough for me to live in and it would make a cool home. If you ever finish some of your other projects it could at least use a little love.

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Yes, having someone seek out your old piece of equipment is fun. He pointed out various repairs and told me about the wrecks which caused the repairs to be made.

It is well insulated and would make an adequate apartment, 9x35. It definitely needs some TLC, even getting some of the trash out and getting windows put in would be a big step.

Andy, thank you for sharing you Caboose with us. I just can not get over it's patina.

Unreal..

It is just like it came off the tracks on the last day of service. Only cluttered and dirty. And the paint is a bit worn. I really want to repaint it, but need to be ready to replicate the company markings when I do that. New paint and it can start the external patina process all over again.

Nice photos of the Caboose Andy.

Thanks you

Hi Andy.( Just Andy???) I'm tired this morning.

Your wife does have a big caboose. She should be very proud of it. I wish my wife had a caboose like that. I would enjoy climbing all over it. And to think she doesn't even mind you taking pictures of it and sharing them with us. She must be a real cool lady.

And I'm sure that other wives do have a deeper appreciation for their spouses after a session with you.

Okay, I'm leaving

You would find, as I do, you would also enjoy having your friends over and everybody climbs up on it at once. Laughing and having a good time just screwing around. The only fear is that somebody falls off it, it is pretty big but you can get ten or twelve party goers up on it at once. Or more.

My marriage counseling effort is something I take very seriously so I try to give each participant a full dose.

Thanks for stopping by each and every one.

Holiday today and I'm tearing into the insulator's tractor today. Started taking it apart yesterday and thought to take a picture of a screwdriver I ground out of a broken 3" socket extension. I was working on a friend's Massey a couple of years ago and it had this large flat head screw where you can miss it if you don't know it's there. We couldn't get it loose with my trusty big screwdriver and Crescent wrench so I ground this out and have used it several times since. Works especially well on this particular screw.

 

[jimreed2160]

Andy, you are just amazing. Those large drag link sockets cost the earth. When I was working on a vise recently, I had to improvise with flat stock and a pair of vise grips. Some of them have large screws which attach the vise to a swivel base and the huge screw slot can be 2-3 inches long. And after a hundred years of so, they don't move easily. Idea and concept stored away for the next project. Thanks.

 

[Craptain]

Holiday today and I'm tearing into the insulator's tractor today. Started taking it apart yesterday and thought to take a picture of a screwdriver I ground out of a broken 3" socket extension. I was working on a friend's Massey a couple of years ago and it had this large flat head screw where you can miss it if you don't know it's there. We couldn't get it loose with my trusty big screwdriver and Crescent wrench so I ground this out and have used it several times since. Works especially well on this particular screw.

So is a holiday a Saturday or Sunday?

I remember when socket sets always came with a drag link socket. I still see them occasionally at garage sales. Though as a kid I didn't know what a drag link was it was still useful.

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[Bob Heine]

Andy, in the salt air environment of Long Island, NY that Willys would be called "rust-free." The guy who sold me my '56 Chevy one dark and rainy night casually mentioned it was a "floor-door" and I didn't understand (it was a 2-door sedan). The next morning, when I removed the front rubber mats I understood. Floor-door means the floor has gone way beyond pin-hole rust.

 

[power wagon]

enjoyed all of your pics, love the caboose,think of all the things it can be used for, like to have one , I collect old buses also are used for all sort of things, thanks for showing your interest and collection

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy, you are just amazing. Those large drag link sockets cost the earth. When I was working on a vise recently, I had to improvise with flat stock and a pair of vise grips. Some of them have large screws which attach the vise to a swivel base and the huge screw slot can be 2-3 inches long. And after a hundred years of so, they don't move easily. Idea and concept stored away for the next project. Thanks.

Thanks for the kind words. But grinding a screwdriver tip is not all that hard. I'm just surprised I keep needing it.

So is a holiday a Saturday or Sunday?

I remember when socket sets always came with a drag link socket. I still see them occasionally at garage sales. Though as a kid I didn't know what a drag link was it was still useful.

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Ummm... this holiday is on a Monday.

I've never seen a drag link socket, I guess. Some old tractors have drag links with a screw in adjustment to tighten up wear of the ball and socket. Is that what you're referring to?

Andy, in the salt air environment of Long Island, NY that Willys would be called "rust-free." The guy who sold me my '56 Chevy one dark and rainy night casually mentioned it was a "floor-door" and I didn't understand (it was a 2-door sedan). The next morning, when I removed the front rubber mats I understood. Floor-door means the floor has gone way beyond pin-hole rust.

Floor door New one on me. The Willys has had it's floor boards replaced.

The Studebaker, however, needs a bit of work.

Thanks for stopping in!!

 

[oldironfarmer]

enjoyed all of your pics, love the caboose,think of all the things it can be used for, like to have one , I collect old buses also are used for all sort of things, thanks for showing your interest and collection

Thanks for asking. I didn't think there would be much interest in the caboose.

I was wrong.

I really am a blacksmith. I can make nice iron handles. But wood is quicker.

A scrap to make a latch.

Some very old iron hinges salvaged out of a fire a straightened long ago for some future need. The future was today!

I have a little trouble finding the hole in my engine hoist arm so yesterday I painted yellow around the hole. Now it is easy to see when you're close to the hole. The paint was dry this morning so I got the top off the MF. I was preparing to split the tractor to replace the pump but the internal cylinder has one bolt stripped so I pulled it off.

Found a bad seal which would make a big leak. That would keep the pressure from going up. So it needs a new seal then back together to see if it is fixed without a new pump.

The lower right bolt is the one that's stripped in the casting. So I ordered a 9/16" helicoil kit. Went to mount the cylinder on the mill and in cleaning it found a split casting.

Not good at all. If it were mine I'd weld it and retap the holes but this is for someone else so I'm going to look for a replacement. Lots of aftermarket for these tractors.

Stopped on the tractor so I put together the planishing hammer I bought last fall. That was quick.

But I need to modify it. The foot pedal guard is not made for size 12 steel toes.

It works fine with my tip toe. Now I just need to figure out how to use it and what it will do.

Spent some time with my wife crying for those lost in our wars. Her dad came back but forever changed by four year as a POW in Japan after surviving the death march across Luzon. Especially touching for me was a letter left by a lady at the Vietnam Memorial Wall leaving her fiance's class ring and a charm bracelet he had left her when he went to war. Her letter said she was old and gray but he was still 22 and a handsome helicopter pilot. She said she was keeping their engagement ring for her daughter and granddaughter.

But it was a good day.

Thanks for looking in.

 

[Craptain]

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I've never seen a drag link socket, I guess. Some old tractors have drag links with a screw in adjustment to tighten up wear of the ball and socket. Is that what you're referring to?

I don't know anything about them. But my first socket set and many I have seen had a screwdriver just like the one you made and it was called a drag link socket. I used them often but not on drag links.

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[oldironfarmer]

I don't know anything about them. But my first socket set and many I have seen had a screwdriver just like the one you made and it was called a drag link socket. I used them often but not on drag links.

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Here's a picture of an adjustable end on a 39 Farmall M. Remove the cotter key and the plug will screw in. It is shaped to fit the ball on the other end of the plug, then past the ball there is another curved plug and a heavy spring past that. When everything wears you can tighten up the joint.

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I can't remember but it seems old Chevys had something similar on the drag link to the center pivot.

Maybe someone else will chime in.

 

[larry_g]

Here's a picture of an adjustable end on a 39 Farmall M. Remove the cotter key and the plug will screw in. It is shaped to fit the ball on the other end of the plug, then past the ball there is another curved plug and a heavy spring past that. When everything wears you can tighten up the joint.

I can't remember but it seems old Chevys had something similar on the drag link to the center pivot.

Maybe someone else will chime in.

Yes, Chevrolet did use a ball and socket end on many rigs. Doesn't your show truck have them?

lg
no neat sig line

 

[oldironfarmer]

Dang! I forgot about the Show Truck! I'll have to look tomorrow.

When I first saw that picture I forgot it was mine, I just thought "Hey, that's a 216!"

Thanks!

 

[Craptain]

Thanks guys for the education. I always learn something on GJ.

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[scramboleer]

Congrats on the Willys. You might head over www.OldWillysForum.com. Great, helpful folks over there.

 

[larry_g]

Dang! I forgot about the Show Truck! I'll have to look tomorrow.

When I first saw that picture I forgot it was mine, I just thought "Hey, that's a 216!"

Thanks!

Sorry to confuse. If you look close the tie rod end showing in the picture it is a ball and socket joint.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[drivesitfar]

ANDY: thanks for the tour of your wife's CABOOSE. also the story about the guy that used to work on it when it was in service is a good one.
was the reading room before you joined GJ or do you still make time to read cause between all the stuff you do i can't imagine you have a lot of free time left even though you do have 6 SATURDAYS and a SUNDAY every week.

i'm impressed with your fix of the attic drop down door and almost surprised you didn't have a metal handle somewhere on the property to use.

how's the BULL and your cows doing lately while you are buying and rebuilding old tractors and trucks?

have another great SATURDAY and hope your holiday was restful.

 

[krcoomer]

Andy:

Thanks for the caboose tour and for not even trying to push us into the dime coke machine area at the end of the tour. Not too many guys are brave enough to share pics of their wife's caboose on this site.

You said you have owned it since long before the 12/07 destroy date and I would guess it was decommissioned sometime in the early-mid 80's if the last repack date was 8/82. Maybe it was on Pearl Harbor day with no year.

The electrician rewiring a rental house I did the rest of a few years ago had worked for the L&N as a generator mechanic until CSX closed up shop in town. He had a lot of stories to share and figured out he and my helper's dad had worked together. He would probably have sought out the cars he had worked on as well even if his were the diesel locomotives.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Thanks guys for the education. I always learn something on GJ.

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Isn't that the truth. I'm amazed how much I learn on GJ. Of course I was starting from a position of knowledge deficit. Part of what I like is the variety of approaches to solve problems.

Congrats on the Willys. You might head over www.OldWillysForum.com. Great, helpful folks over there.

That sounds enticing. From the little I've looked it seems parts availability is pretty good. On the downside, it's an 85 F-150 in wolves clothing.

Sorry to confuse. If you look close the tie rod end showing in the picture it is a ball and socket joint.

lg
no neat sig line

Looks that way, but it is adjustable as well. I didn't take a picture of it but here's the drag link (from pitman arm to spindle) with two and the left side tie rod end.

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Looks like I forgot to do my weekly undercarriage polishing and flossing

ANDY: thanks for the tour of your wife's CABOOSE. also the story about the guy that used to work on it when it was in service is a good one.
was the reading room before you joined GJ or do you still make time to read cause between all the stuff you do i can't imagine you have a lot of free time left even though you do have 6 SATURDAYS and a SUNDAY every week.

i'm impressed with your fix of the attic drop down door and almost surprised you didn't have a metal handle somewhere on the property to use.

how's the BULL and your cows doing lately while you are buying and rebuilding old tractors and trucks?

have another great SATURDAY and hope your holiday was restful.

Technically it is not my wife's big caboose, she gave it back to me. We never did a formal title change...

"Guy that used to work on my wife's caboose" could easily be misunderstood by a casual visitor. I think that's a different forum, maybe Grunge Journal, or Garage Jollies

When I get bored I go to the caboose to contemplate...

The attic door will be serviceable. That's the main point for me. I pretty much make handles as I need them.

This is one I made for my dog food and bird seed storage box on the porch.

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I open that box daily and never fail to notice the handle as I grab it.

Usually the blacksmith stuff gets given away. It takes too much time for what it is worth so it's better to give away than to work for $1 an hour.

Andy:

Thanks for the caboose tour and for not even trying to push us into the dime coke machine area at the end of the tour. Not too many guys are brave enough to share pics of their wife's caboose on this site.

Did I mention Cokes, only a dime?

My bravery is only exceeded by my foolhardiness and lack of sound judgement.

You said you have owned it since long before the 12/07 destroy date and I would guess it was decommissioned sometime in the early-mid 80's if the last repack date was 8/82. Maybe it was on Pearl Harbor day with no year.

May be, might be record of decommissioning is different given the serial number identifies the unit. However that does not sound railroad-like.

The electrician rewiring a rental house I did the rest of a few years ago had worked for the L&N as a generator mechanic until CSX closed up shop in town. He had a lot of stories to share and figured out he and my helper's dad had worked together. He would probably have sought out the cars he had worked on as well even if his were the diesel locomotives.

It ties back to prides in one's work. There are those who seem to forget what they spent their life doing apparently because it was only for the money.

Thanks for the visits guys, great comments!

Checked the calendar, yup, it's SATURDAY